As Southern California takes on the heavy burden of cleaning up from what’s become a one-two punch of devastating wildfires followed by heavy rains that caused deadly mudslides, this is some of the detritus left behind.

In addition to the physical damage, the floods have taken a human toll as well. Santa Barbara County officials said Wednesday at least 15 people are dead and 20 injured thanks to the onslaught of mud and water.

“The only words I can really think of to describe what it looked [like] was it looked like a World War I battlefield,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said Tuesday. “It was literally a carpet of mud and debris everywhere.”

Here are some photos from the region:

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Water, mud and debris engulfed the first floor on the Montecito Inn in Montecito, California.

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Emergency personnel carry a woman rescued from a collapsed house after a mudslide.

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Mudslides damaged a home on Hot Springs Road in Montecito.

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Boulders block a road after a mudslide.

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Emergency personnel search through debris and damaged homes.

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Two cars washed downhill in a rain-driven mudslide in a neighborhood under mandatory evacuation in Burbank, California.

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Mud filled the interior of a car destroyed in Burbank.

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Emergency personnel search through debris and mud flow in Montecito.

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A section of the Union Pacific Railroad is blocked by mudflow and debris in Montecito.